Dumbbell device for training muscles on a person

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a dumbbell device for training muscles on a person, wherein at least one gripping element is adapted and provided to be raised and/or lowered by the person, and further wherein at least one gripping element is mechanically fixedly, releasably or non-releasably, connected to the weight element and is grippable by the person for the purpose of raising and/or lowering, wherein at least one adjusting element displaces and thereby adjusts a center of gravity of the weight element relative to the gripping element by means of an adjusting weight.

This application claims priority to German Patent Application No. DE 102020 118 608.8, filed Jul. 15, 2020, the entire disclosure of which ishereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

The present invention relates to a dumbbell device for training muscleson a person.

The dumbbell devices known to date, which are also known in particularfrom fitness studios, are selectable in various sizes, i.e. with variousweights and also in various dimensions. In a fitness studio, a wholeassortment of different dumbbell devices, in particular dumbbells, isusually stored on a frame in a weight room and sorted according to theweights.

However, such dumbbell devices have, among other things, thedisadvantage that only a back-and-forth movement from top to bottom, forexample in an eccentric muscle movement, can be trained. This is alsofor reasons of hypotrophy and other muscle building processes within thebody.

However, such dumbbells can only be used in a very one-dimensionalmanner, especially if the human arm is to be trained in directions otherthan merely a top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top movement, and especiallyalso if a fascia tissue or other muscle envelope or intermediate muscletissue is to be trained.

For example, a vibration of the dumbbell device can further train acoordination of the from-bottom-up and from-top-down movements. Also,corresponding transverse movements and transverse torques of thedumbbell device in the hand of the person exercising are conceivable,which form a torsional resistance or prescribe a torsional movement.However, all this is missing from the state of the art. Previoussolutions were aimed at using individual vibrating rods to traintransverse arm stability. For example, plastic rods, which are elasticand unbendable, were used for this purpose in a direction transverse tothe main extension direction of these plastic rods.

Such a division between the different types of training is not onlycost-intensive, but also space-consuming. It goes without saying that ina gym, and especially in a weight room, often on Sundays and holidays avery confined volume of space is available to the individual exercising.This space volume can be solved particularly effectively by thistwo-in-one solution as now presented here according to the invention.

It is therefore the task of the present invention to provide a dumbbelldevice for training muscles on a person, which makes it possible in aparticularly simple and cost-effective manner to train as many musclegroups as possible in a whole multitude of different directions.

This task is solved by the object of claim 1.

According to at least one embodiment, the dumbbell device describedherein for training muscles on a person comprises at least one weightelement which is arranged and intended to be raised and/or lowered bythe person.

In addition, the dumbbell device presented here for training muscles ona person comprises at least one gripping element which is mechanicallyfixedly, releasably or non-releasably, connected to the weight elementand which can be gripped by the person for the purpose of raising and/orlowering, so that at least one adjusting element which is designed andintended for displacing a center of gravity of the weight elementrelative to the gripping element by means of an adjusting weight andthus for adjusting it.

According to at least one embodiment, the adjustment weight is movablealong a main extension direction of the gripping element or at an angleto this main extension direction of the gripping element.

According to at least one embodiment, the adjustment weight is guided ator within, i.e. in a cavity of the gripping element, and/or a cavity ofthe weight element.

According to at least one embodiment, the adjustment element comprises aguide element by means of which the adjustment weight is movable backand forth relative to the gripping element.

According to at least one embodiment, the guide element is arranged onan outer surface of the gripping element or in an inner space of thegripping element, in particular wherein the adjusting weight ismechanically connected to the guide element.

According to at least one embodiment, both the guide element and theadjustment weight are arranged within the gripping element.

According to at least one embodiment, the adjustment element comprises adrive element by means of which the adjustment weight is movable backand forth relative to the gripping element, in particular along adirection perpendicular to the main extension direction.

According to at least one embodiment, the drive element moves theadjustment weight back and forth along the main extension direction ofthe gripping element with at least one predeterminable frequency, forexample periodically or aperiodically.

According to at least one embodiment, a substantially ellipsoidal and/orsubstantially circular path around a center point defined within thegripping element is movable the setting weight by means of the driveelement.

In particular, the invention relates namely also to this path whichtraverses only a partial circumference of an ellipse or a circle.

In the following, the invention mentioned here above will be describedin more detail on the basis of an embodiment example and associatedFIGURE.

Thereby, FIG. 1 shows a holding device 100, wherein at least one weightelement 1, which is lifted and/or lowered by the person, is shown, andfurther wherein at least one gripping element 2, which is mechanicallyfixedly, releasably or non-releasably connected to the weight element 1and which can be gripped by the person for the purpose of lifting and/orlowering, so that at least one adjusting element 3 displaces and thusadjusts a center of gravity of the weight element 1 relative to thegripping element 2 by means of an adjusting weight 31.

Moreover, it is shown that the adjustment weight 31 is movable along amain extension direction H2 of the gripping element 2 or at an angle tothis main extension direction H2 of the gripping element 2.

This adjustment weight 31 is guided on or within, i.e. in a cavity 11 ofthe gripping element 2, and/or a cavity 11 of the weight element 1.

The adjusting element 3 has a guide element 32, by means of which theadjusting weight 31 can be moved back and forth relative to the grippingelement 2 and which is arranged on an outer surface of the grippingelement 2 or in an interior 33 of the gripping element 3, in particularwherein the adjusting weight 3 is mechanically connected to the guideelement 32. Thereby, both the guide element 32 and the adjustment weight31 are shown inside the gripping element 2.

In addition, it is shown that the adjusting element 3 has a driveelement 35 by means of which the adjusting weight 31 can be moved backand forth relative to the gripping element 2, in particular along adirection H3 running perpendicular to the main extension direction H2.

This drive element 35 moves the adjustment weight 31 back and forthalong the main extension direction H2 of the gripping element 2 or at anangle to this main extension direction H2 of the gripping element 2 withat least one predeterminable frequency, for example periodically oraperiodically. By means of this drive element 35, a substantiallyellipsoidal and/or substantially circular path around a center pointdefined within the gripping element 2 can move the adjusting weight 31,wherein this path traverses only a partial circumference of an ellipseor a circle.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

1 Weight element

2 Gripping element

3 Adjustment element

11 Cavity

31 Adjustment weight

32 Guide element

33 Interior

35 Drive element

100 Dumbbell device

H2 Main extension direction

H3 vertical direction

1. A dumbbell device (100) for exercising muscles on a person,comprising at least one weight element (1), which is arranged andintended to be lifted and/or lowered by the person, at least onegripping element (2) which is mechanically fixedly, releasably ornon-releasably, connected to the weight element and which can be grippedby the person for the purpose of lifting and/or lowering, characterizedin that at least one adjusting element (3) which is designed andintended for displacing and thus adjusting a center of gravity of theweight element (1) relative to the gripping element (2) by means of anadjusting weight (31).
 2. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim1, characterized in that the adjusting weight (31) is movable along amain extension direction (H2) of the gripping element (2) or at an angleto this main extension direction (H2) of the gripping element (2). 3.The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 2, characterized in thatthe adjusting weight (31) is guided on or within, i.e. in a cavity (11)of the gripping element (2), and/or a cavity (11) of the weight element(1).
 4. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 1, characterized inthat the adjusting element (3) has a guide element (32) by means ofwhich the adjusting weight (31) can be moved back and forth relative tothe gripping element (2).
 5. The dumbbell device (100) according toclaim 4, characterized in that the guide element (32) is arranged on anouter surface of the gripping element (2) or in an inner space (33) ofthe gripping element (2), in particular wherein the adjusting weight (3)is mechanically connected to the guide element (32).
 6. The dumbbelldevice (100) according to claim 5, characterized in that both the guideelement (32) and the adjusting weight (31) are arranged within thegripping element (2).
 7. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 6,characterized in that the adjusting element (3) has a drive element (35)by means of which the adjusting weight (31) can be moved back and forthrelative to the gripping element (2), in particular along a direction(H3) running perpendicular to the main extension direction (H2).
 8. Thedumbbell device (100) according to claim 7, characterized in that thedrive element (35) moves the setting weight (31) back and forth alongthe main extension direction (H2) of the gripping element (2) or at anangle to this main extension direction (H2) of the gripping element (2)with at least one predeterminable frequency, for example periodically oraperiodically.
 9. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 8,characterized in that by means of the drive element (35) a substantiallyellipsoidal and/or substantially circular path around a center pointdefined within the gripping element (2) the adjusting weight (31) ismovable.
 10. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 9,characterized in that said path traverses only a partial circumferenceof an ellipse or circle.